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BUREAU.

. No. 381,337. PatenteaAprlvj 1888.3

' u listings` Mm. www n DWIGHT c. oLArI on o'vvosso, MICHIGAN,AssIGNoRoF' ONE-HALF 'ro f DAVID EsrEY, oF SAME PLAGE,

BUREAU.`

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 391,331, datedApri11v,f1aa e. f

Applicata sied November 19,1887. serial 110.255,621. (No mouei.) V

l .To-@ZZ whom mail] concern: f

Be it known that I,-DWIGHT G.CLA1 P, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Owosso, in thecounty ofShiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bureaus; and I do ,hereby declare that the following isa full,

clear, and ,exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in whiche- Figure l is an inside view of one endpiece of my improved bureau. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view ofthe entire bureau. Fig. 3

yis an inside View of theend piece having the Vplain drawerguides; andFig, 4 isa view of the end of the drawer, showing the spring.

The same numeralsof reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.' i

My invention has relation to bureaus,wash stands, wardrobes; desks, andother articles of .furniture provided with sliding drawers; and itcontemplatescertainimprovements upon the bureau for whichapplication-for Letters Patent, Serial No. 251,934, was filed inv theUnited States Patent Office on the 10th day of October,1887,which saidimprovements will be hereinaftermore ,fully set forth. In theaccompanying drawings, the numerall indicates the end panel. 2 and'` 3are the front and rear stiles, respectively. 4 is the yrear panel, and 5indicates the mortises or holes for the reception of the endsof thefront cross-pieces.

' 'lhe upper and lower guides, 6 and 7, are

similar to the guides shown and described in` the above-mentionedapplication, and the up ingly-shaped recesses 10 and 11- in the front.

and rear stiles, the guides being supported by their dovetailed ends iu'the recesses insteadv l of in the grooves shownand described in the`ditioris of the weather.

former application. having the y*guides supported in this manner theyserve'to draw and hold the stiles together while/being'v sup-y ported bythem, so th'at'the endpiecesofthe 5 5'" lbureau will beheld rigidlytogether, the Stiles l clamping the panels, removing all danger 'of thebureaus being damaged or warping lby the Iexpansion or contraction ofthewood inthe several parts of the end pieces under thein- 6o fluence ofchanging temperature orother conlThe drawers of myimproved*bureau,j&c'.,

are.1providedon one side with a atgbulged spring, 13, which is securedto the end of the drawer at one end andlprovidedwith "alongi-y tudinalslot in the'other end, which, said slot- 'ted end vof the, spring slidesuponaa'pin or stud,15.\"'Thefslotted` end of this'. spring lis straight,andthas its outermost end, 16, bent "slightl'y inward, so as to form alip,v which is,

adapted to bear against the fixed, guide orside of the bureau when themiddlejpart of the bulged spring is pressed inward.y It is obvi-,v ousthat this spring may bef employedeither 7 5 ou one or both sides V,ofthe drawer,. andgthat" it will operateV to keep the drawer f'rni'iriits:place, while at thesalne time it will' admit -of shrinking or warping ofthesu'rrounding parts of the `bureau without binding or clamping/thedrawer, so as tov makeait difficult to` open or close/the same. f 1By having the end ofthe bulgedlspring formed with the bent liptwopointsof contact' `will be formed betweenthe draWer-g'uideand v8 5 o thespring, the bulged middle of the spring and the lip bearing against thesame. A

Having thus described my invention, I'claim andvdesire to secure byLetters l?atent of the United States-e f 1. In a' bureau, washstand,orr-similarartiycle of cabinet-warea flatspring bnl'gedut- Ward at itsmiddlesecured to theend piece of a drawer at one end,fand having alongitudinally-slotted straight end sliding upon fa' stud 95 upon theend of the drawer, and having the loutermost end bent to form alip,asshownand i setforth.I 1 v 2. vIn abureau, washstand, or similar arti-lY cle ofcabinet=ware, the combination of drawera loo' guides at onepanel, having sprn'gushionedy r k A o guidejblocks bearing 'againstoneendfof'the drawers, the drawers, and dat springs bulged 1 own I havehereunto aiixed my signature in at their middles and secured at one endto the presence of two witnesses.

end pieces of the drawers and having their longitudinally-slottedfreeends sliding upon DWIGHT C CLAPP 5 studs or pins upon the ends ofthe drawers, as l shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Witnesses:

E. L. BREWER, i E. R. SANFORD.

